Last week, I had my 2nd logic board failure on my 2nd 13" pro in 4 years. Logic board died on laptop 1, couldn't go the 5 days waiting for a repair, so bought a new one on the spot. Lasted 2 years until the new laptop died last week and again, couldn't go the 5 days without a laptop, so bought a 2nd one on the spot. The first one eventually got repaired and went to the wife; this 2nd will follow the same path or become a backup for me / secondary use machine.
(This time, I bought Apple Care - something I've never done in 15 years of being a Apple user)
So - a: quality has gone down in recent years IMO. 2 laptops failing in 4 years? Unheard of back in the day
b: removal of the rom drive - not a huge issue, but as a pro user, it's needed sometimes. Yes, external USB rom drive, blah blah blah - laptops shouldn't need accessories.
c: removal of the ethernet port - again, USB ethernet adaptor, but why? It's a machine for pros - it doesn't need to be super portable, it doesn't need to be thin; it needs to be reasonably portable and reasonably weighted with good battery life.
d: the proprietary components are getting ridiculous. Now that I have this fancy, dead laptop, I ordered one of those OWC external MBP SSD enclosures so I can pull the drive from the dead laptop and use it with my new one for the time being until I feel like getting the old one fixed - but again - seriously can't use a standard SSD drive? Why? Don't tell me it's space for the battery or other bullshit - it's a pro machine; pro's expect more.
I can't say I'll leave Apple if they ditch the pro market - I still hate Windows 8 / 10 with a passion - but I can't say I'm happy either.
We (the wife and I) are die hard Apple users; from a time capsule, to airport expresses that control speakers; apple tv, apple watch, laptops - we are poster children for the company. But as die hard fans, we're getting pretty pissed lately. Don't strain this relationship, Apple. We've invested to much money in your ecosystem.